Livestreaming av datorspel - En upphovsrättslig analys

Sammanfattning: The essay concerns the relatively new phenomenon called livestreaming. The essay will answer what livestreaming is and if it is considered a new creation within the Swedish copyright law. Is livestreaming intruding on the copyright of the computer game being streamed? The focus will be on the GUI (graphical user interface) because of its importance in a livestream. The GUI is what the viewer sees on the screen. Live streaming is a new entertainment medium which grants anyone almost endless possibilities to broadcast their gaming and other content on their computer. This problem might increase in the future when more people discover the possibilities of live streaming and the technology improves even more. Livestreaming is a reproduction that is legal under the exception in 11a § URL concerning temporary reproductions. Livestreaming becomes a reproduction under 2 § URL, that law covers all kinds of reproductions. Livestreaming can use this exception because the reproduction is necessary in the technical process and because the GUI can’t be viewed as an expression of a computer program.